Department of Public Welfare, Food Stamp Division Scrapbook
Description of Contents
The material covers primarily the years 1939-1945 and appears to be from the office of O.A. Pearson, Supt., Division of Public Relief, Minneapolis.
Dates
- 1939 - 1945
Creator
- Minneapolis (Minn.) . Division of Public Relief (Organization)
Access Restrictions
The collection is available for use in Special Collections during the department's open hours.
History
The food stamp program was to officially begin in Minneapolis on November 29, 1939. This scrapbook documents the years of 1939-1945. It includes an excellent collection of photographs of the Minneapolis Food Stamp Division's offices and staff, and the men and women who came to receive the stamps. It has a floor plan diagram of the offices, photo of a sign stating what foods were available, and later photos of the Millionth Dollar Food Stamp issued (April 20, 1940). Other materials include press releases, articles about the food stamps (which were blue stamps) and cotton stamps (brown and green stamps), articles from various periodicals, reports, regulations and conditions governing the issuance of a food order stamp, reports from the food industry, radio programs from WCCO, as well as articles concerning various other cities food stamp programs. The cities included Rochester, N.Y., Dayton, Ohio, Des Moines, Iowa, Seattle, Washington, and Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
- Food relief Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Food stamps. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Public welfare. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Department of Public Welfare, Food Stamp Division Scrapbook
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Hennepin County Library Special Collections Repository
Minneapolis Central Library
300 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis MN 55401 U.S.A.
612-543-8200
specialcoll@hclib.org